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Re: Plot & Conquer - Multiplayer TBS

Does this game have a huge player base? I know it's in beta, but it gets boring if you don't have anyone to play with.

If there is alot of people playing it, then I am very interested in this game.

No, not a huge playerbase. I've played with 12 different people in the three days since release.

I don't expect a huge number of players, sad as it is this game isn't the type that most people play nowadays. It happens to be the kind of game that I really enjoy, which is why I made it -- because I have fun with it. Everyone I've played it with loves it, but most people haven't tried it.

The good thing is that it is well suited to a large longer-term game where people don't need to be there all at the same time, similar to the empire building forum games here, but automated. You do your turn, then it alerts the next player and he does his turn whenever he wants, then the next player.

Originally Posted by Turkeys!

I tried it out a bit as the Mameluke Empire. I'm finding it pretty fun, but I'm barely hanging on at the moment due to Italy and the Ottomans ganging me.

The AI doesn't cheat, nor do they target humans above other AI. So if you lose, I'm pleased. I didn't think the Mamelukes would be that hard, they have a good spot in the corner of the map. But, who knows, I'll have to try them some time. My brother played the Ottomans and got squished by Mamelukes, Italy and Russia in the first three turns, and had to assemble his whole army in one province and escape to somewhere safe. You certainly do have to be careful to live very long. If you make some wasted attacks and lose all your army, it's not easy to recover.

I fixed the first by adding a notification that it should be run with admin rights, instead of shutting down the program.

The second and third are handled in the new installer and update which are online now. If you try to install or run the game without SlimDX or without DX9, it will let you know and help you install them if you want.